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Downloads, Services and other Fun Stuff...
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Download three songs each week from the Sony Music catalog. New music is added regularly. A West Springfield library card is required. Funded by the West Springfield Public Library.
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Learn something new today! Over 500 instructor-led, self-paced courses online. Many
offer IACET certified CEUs to fulfill your professional development requirements.
Funded by the West Springfield Public Library.
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Join our online Book Club. Sign up for a themed book club and receive chapters delivered
to your email inbox every day. Book Clubs include Fiction, Nonfiction, Teen, Business,
Romance, Good News, audio and Classics. Funded by the West Springfield Public Library.
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Download thousands of ebooks, audio books or video right to your computer. In many
cases, transfer to your mobile device and enjoy on the go! Funded by CWMARS, card
required for login.
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Tools for Readers
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NoveList is a comprehensive tool to help you get the most our of your reading
time. Browse recommendations, find series lists, retrieve author read-alikes, find
discussion guides for your book group or search for more books like the one you
just finished that you absolutely loved. Hundreds of thousands of titles, both fiction
and non?fiction are included. Funded by CWMARS, card required for login.
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Books & Authors offers new ways to explore the endless possibilities and combinations
of books, authors, genres and topics. Combining over 140,000 titles, 50,000
authors, and thousands of read-alike, award winner and librarian’s favorites lists,
Books & Authors helps bring readers and literature together. **
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Genealogy
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Discover your unique family history! This resource includes billions of records from around the
world, including from U.S., U.K., and Canadian census and vital records, immigration and passport
records, periodicals and books, photos, and more. Funded by the West Springfield Public Library.
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You’ll find U.S. federal census records, family histories, published genealogies, historical books,
Revolutionary War records, Freedman’s Bank records, and more to help you trace your American
ancestors’ paths across history. Funded by the West Springfield Public Library.
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Search obituaries and death notices from the Atlanta Constitution (1868-1922), Boston Globe (1872-1922), Chicago Defender (1921-1975), Chicago Tribune (1852-1984), Los Angeles Times (1881-1984), New York Times (1851-1944) or the Washington Post (1877-1950).
Funded by the West Springfield Public Library.
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Themed Research: Some of our best resources
are conveniently packaged here for ease of access.
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An extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary writers. Each entry also
contains a biographical/critical introduction, a list of principal works, and sources
for further study. *
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Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and
reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and
from around the world. **
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Covering world literature and authors throughout history, LitFinder contains a
wealth of literary works including over 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry
citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. For students or patrons
seeking a deeper view into literature, LitFinder also includes secondary materials
like biographies, images, and more! **
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Providies web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art and The Oxford Companion
to Western Art. It offers ongoing additions of new and updated articles,
over 3,000 thumbnail art images and line drawings displayed in the text of articles,
and extensive image links. Funded by CWMARS, card required for login.
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Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as
the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker
research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory
listings with full text and images available. *
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Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together
company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company
histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed
company and industry news and information. **
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The RDS Business Suite is a collection of three highly complementary business information
databases - Business & Industry, Business & Management Practices, and
TableBase. The RDS Business Suite search interface is useful when searching for
broad profiling information about companies or industries. **
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Perfect for business schools and entrepreneurs, this compilation provides insights,
tips, strategies and success stories. Users will find 250 subject-appropriate full-text
periodicals, complemented by 6 eBook titles. *
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Provides information across a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive
definitions, essays, diagrams, biographies and experiments.
Funded by CWMARS, card required for login.
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Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials.
Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, numerous reference volumes,
over 700 health videos from partner Healthology, Inc., hundreds of pamphlets and
health-related articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a
broad collection of Gale reference titles. Material contained in this Resource Center
is intended for informational purposes only. **
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This multi-source database provides access to full-text nursing and allied health
journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources, all in a single,
easy-to-use database. The material contained in this database is intended for
informational purposes only. *
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As any historian will state, the study of history is as much about the present as the past: to
that end, this collection provides well-rounded coverage of both the current thinking and
events in World History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field. This compilation
of journals provides robust and balanced coverage of this field, useful both to the
novice historian as well as to the advanced academic researcher. **
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This collection of over 40 journals provides balanced coverage of both current thought and
events in U.S. History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field; useful both to
the novice historian and to the advanced academic researcher. **
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From Facts-On-File, AHO spans more than 500 years of political, military, social and cultural
history, highlighting the important people and events of the American experience.
Funded by CWMARS, card required for login.
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Use this collection for full-text articles from 50 magazines and local newspapers for coverage
of Massachusetts people, places and historical events. *
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From Facts-On-File, AWHO covers the important people, events, legislation, and issues relevant
to the study of women’s history in the United States.
Funded by CWMARS, card required for login.
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From Facts-On-File, AAHO provides expansive and in-depth information on the people,
events and topics important to the study of African-American History. Funded by CWMARS,
card required for login.
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A selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and
many premier reference sources. Included content focuses on educational principles, child
development and psychology, and best practices in education. Majority of the full-text titles
included are also found in the ERIC database. *
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From the explorers of the Americas to the issues of today’s headlines, American History
investigates the people, events, and stories of our nation’s evolution.
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World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras covers early human history around the
globe—from prehistoric times to the beginnings of the Renaissance.
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Over 400,000 biographies covering figures from literature, science, multicultural studies,
business, entertainment, politics, sports, government, history, current events and the arts. *
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Includes 150 of the major cooking and nutrition magazines. Coverage includes thousands of
searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information. **
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Finding the right career can be a daunting and high stakes task: finding an appropriate institution
of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career are all topics covered by this
collection, providing current and applicable content for all vocational milestones. Offering
content from nearly 400 journals, this collection provides content from general career
guides to highly specialized industry journals. *
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Farmers, landscape architects, and biotechnologists alike will have their information appetites
sated with this collection of nearly 50 journals focused specifically on key issues in
gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture. A fertile and growing collection, this
collection includes content relating to both the practical aspects as well as the scientific
theory of horticulture studies. *
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Even the smallest home improvement project can be daunting: with this collection of nearly
100 home improvement focused titles, hobbyists and professional carpenters alike will immediately
put their projects on a more solid foundation. Coverage includes such topics as
architectural techniques, tool and material selection and zoning requirements. *
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General Research
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A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers,
current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies,
humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and
many general interest topics. Millions of full?text articles, many with images.
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Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's
leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences,
technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic
OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive.
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From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database
meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines,
and newspapers - many with full text and images!
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A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference
books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture,
business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.
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Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking
information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. Continuously updated
viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles,
primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links offer insight
into both sides of any issue.
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Popular Magazines includes 1000 of the most searched magazines across our InfoTrac esources.
Full-text articles from titles like Consumer Reports, Time, National Geographic, The
New Yorker, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, US News and World Report, Vogue, Fortune, Business
Week, National Review, Cosmopolitan, NPR and even Oprah are included in this database.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference
sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only
in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7.
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Now with over 1100 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this periodical database is designed
for high-school students with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines,
newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on current events, the arts,
science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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Now with over 330 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this periodical database is designed
for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and
full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the
arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten
through Grade 5. Featuring a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, the
most popular search method is moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using the
subject-based topic tree. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from
the best elementary reference sources and magazines. This database includes coverage of
geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history and
sports.
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Newspapers
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Provides Coverage of the Springfield Republican from June 1988
to present.
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Provides coverage of the Cape Cod Times form November 1988 to present.
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Search the full text of The New York Times (starting in 1985).
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Provides current and historic coverage of The Banner (West Boylston), The Boston
Globe, The Berkshire Eagle, BusinessWest (Chicopee), The Item (Clinton), Montachusett
T&G (Worcester), North Adams Transcript, Plymouth County Business
Review, The Record (Shrewsbury), Sentintel & Enterprise (Fitchburg), The Sun
(Lowell), Telegram & Gazette (Worcester), Gazette (Haverhill) and the Standard
Times (New Bedford). Users can search all or selected titles and browse.
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* Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. These resources are funded with Massachusetts state
monies and federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library services, unless otherwise noted.
** Funded by the Massachusetts Library System.
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